The strategic development of a health care organisation : a longitudinal study of the South African physiotherapy profession, 1971 to 2000

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dc.contributor.advisorHorwitz, Franken_ZA
dc.contributor.authorBowerbank, Paten_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2016-10-03T13:57:25Z
dc.date.available2016-10-03T13:57:25Z
dc.date.issued2003en_ZA
dc.descriptionBibliography: pages 147-155.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis research focuses specifically on the South African physiotherapy profession, that societal institution which is primarily concerned with health, illness and the physical elements of movement In the human body. Together with South African society as a whole this Institution has experienced monumental changes over the last 30 years. The objective of this research is to describe and critically evaluate the nature, direction and depth of those changes for the South African physiotherapy profession. To this end the research attempts to Identify some of the broad political and societal trends in the macroenvironment, and to contextualise these within the healthcare environment and the physiotherapy profession. The main argument is that social circumstances determine not only the health of the population, but also the health care services and how health care professionals function In society (Benatar, 1997). Health care services and how health care professional's function in society are socially constructed phenomena and therefore there are marked differences in the way health care is delivered from country to country and one political system to another. Over the past decade, management research has increasingly paid attention to the manner in which organisations work to Influence and shape their environments (Lawrence, 1999). A central Issue has become the manner in which organisational environments are constituted, reproduced and transformed through organisational action and relationships.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationBowerbank, P. (2003). <i>The strategic development of a health care organisation : a longitudinal study of the South African physiotherapy profession, 1971 to 2000</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,Research of GSB. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22077en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationBowerbank, Pat. <i>"The strategic development of a health care organisation : a longitudinal study of the South African physiotherapy profession, 1971 to 2000."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,Research of GSB, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22077en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationBowerbank, P. 2003. The strategic development of a health care organisation : a longitudinal study of the South African physiotherapy profession, 1971 to 2000. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Bowerbank, Pat AB - This research focuses specifically on the South African physiotherapy profession, that societal institution which is primarily concerned with health, illness and the physical elements of movement In the human body. Together with South African society as a whole this Institution has experienced monumental changes over the last 30 years. The objective of this research is to describe and critically evaluate the nature, direction and depth of those changes for the South African physiotherapy profession. To this end the research attempts to Identify some of the broad political and societal trends in the macroenvironment, and to contextualise these within the healthcare environment and the physiotherapy profession. The main argument is that social circumstances determine not only the health of the population, but also the health care services and how health care professionals function In society (Benatar, 1997). Health care services and how health care professional's function in society are socially constructed phenomena and therefore there are marked differences in the way health care is delivered from country to country and one political system to another. Over the past decade, management research has increasingly paid attention to the manner in which organisations work to Influence and shape their environments (Lawrence, 1999). A central Issue has become the manner in which organisational environments are constituted, reproduced and transformed through organisational action and relationships. DA - 2003 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2003 T1 - The strategic development of a health care organisation : a longitudinal study of the South African physiotherapy profession, 1971 to 2000 TI - The strategic development of a health care organisation : a longitudinal study of the South African physiotherapy profession, 1971 to 2000 UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22077 ER - en_ZA
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dc.identifier.vancouvercitationBowerbank P. The strategic development of a health care organisation : a longitudinal study of the South African physiotherapy profession, 1971 to 2000. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,Research of GSB, 2003 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22077en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentResearch of GSBen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Commerceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherManagement Scienceen_ZA
dc.titleThe strategic development of a health care organisation : a longitudinal study of the South African physiotherapy profession, 1971 to 2000en_ZA
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